First Practice ACT Test

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<p>Hello, I am just entering my junior year of HS and I just took my first practice ACT. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if they are good? </p>

<p>I plan to study a lot to hopefully improve them. My dream school is UCSB but I only have a 3.5 GPA. So obviously I would need high test scores! </p>

<p>I used the Red ACT book, (blanking on the name,) but it is the one made by the makers of the ACT</p>

<p>Composite- 28
English- 27
Math- 25
Reading- 33
Science- 25
Composite- 28</p>

<p>Thanks everyone!!!!</p>

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<p>With dedicated prep you might be able to break into the 30s.
I would definitely focus on improving math.</p>

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<p>veryclueless- I definitely plan to study a lot, math is always my lowest so I really need to work on that. I am using the Boost your score software which should help, it pinpoints your weakest areas and then provides additional help and practice problems.</p>

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<p>A 28 for a first time with no studying shows me that you can break mid 30s easily. I was scoring below a 20 when I had just started practicing, and I raised it to a 27 on the actual thing and I can now score at least a 30, but I am hoping that I could score a 32. </p>

<p>Buy Barron’s ACT 36, The Real ACT, and Cracking the ACT. If you need more practice exams, you can always get the free one ACT offers online on a PDF, old release exams, or simply Princeton Review’s 1296 questions. Good luck!</p>

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<p>u are def on the right track</p>

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<p>A couple of other practice ACT’s I’ve found (all released by Princeton) are here:</p>

<p>2003-2004
<a href=“http://www.lavamind.com/study/files/act_practice_test.pdf”>http://www.lavamind.com/study/files/act_practice_test.pdf&lt;/a&gt; (Salvation)</p>

<p>2005-2006
<a href=“http://www.actquantum.com/storage/act-tests/ACT%20Practice%20Tests%202005-2006%2059F.pdf”>http://www.actquantum.com/storage/act-tests/ACT%20Practice%20Tests%202005-2006%2059F.pdf&lt;/a&gt; (Buddhist)</p>

<p>2007-2008
<a href=“http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED499163.pdf”>http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED499163.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>2009-2010
<a href=“http://www2.btcs.org/ths/ACT_Resources/Preparing%20for%20the%20ACT%20Booklet%202009-10%20(Practice%20Test).pdf”>http://www2.btcs.org/ths/ACT_Resources/Preparing%20for%20the%20ACT%20Booklet%202009-10%20(Practice%20Test).pdf&lt;/a&gt; (kiln)</p>

<p>2011-2012 is the same as 2009-2010</p>

<p>2013-2014
<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/Preparing-for-the-ACT.pdf”>http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/Preparing-for-the-ACT.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>2014-2015 is the same as 2013-2014</p>

<p>Hope this helps!</p>

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<p>On my first attempt at the act i got a 28 composite with no studying:
27e
33m
27r
24s</p>

<p>I lightly studied for a couple months and brought it up to a 30. I’m taking it again on saturday to hopefully get 32+</p>